Richard Marpole (born 1850 in Wales) was General Superintendent with the Canadian Pacific Railway Pacific Division in Vancouver. In the 1907 Voter's List he is noted as living at the corner of Hastings and Hornby Streets in Vancouver. He directed the C.P.R. interests during the Mission robbery investigation. [1]
He died on 8 Jun 1920 in Vancouver. He was in Kamloops with his private railway car monitoring the pursuit and trial of robbers.
The community Marpole located in Vancouver South was named after him.[2]